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Professor Andrew Steer is Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health, and Group Leader of the Tropical Diseases Research Group, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Andrew is the Co-Chair of Melbourne Children’s Global Health. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Andrew did the majority of his medical training at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Andrew moved to Suva, Fiji, in 2005 where he conducted research towards his PhD (University of Melbourne). Subsequently, he completed his subspecialty training in paediatric infectious diseases at British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, before returning to Melbourne in 2010.

Andrew’s research focuses on tropical diseases, particularly scabies, Strep A and rheumatic heart disease. He is the Director of the World Scabies Program, recipient of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award, and Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Scabies Control. Andrew is Co-Director of the Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative, Co-Chair of the Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium, and President of the Lancefield International Society for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases.

Andrew has won several awards including the inaugural Jian Zhou Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2020, and the Bailey K Ashford Medal awarded by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2020.
Professor Andrew Steer is Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health, and Group Leader of the Tropical Diseases Research Group, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at the Royal...
Professor Andrew Steer is Director of Infection, Immunity and Global Health, and Group Leader of the Tropical Diseases Research Group, at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Andrew is the Co-Chair of Melbourne Children’s Global Health. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Andrew did the majority of his medical training at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Andrew moved to Suva, Fiji, in 2005 where he conducted research towards his PhD (University of Melbourne). Subsequently, he completed his subspecialty training in paediatric infectious diseases at British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, before returning to Melbourne in 2010.

Andrew’s research focuses on tropical diseases, particularly scabies, Strep A and rheumatic heart disease. He is the Director of the World Scabies Program, recipient of the Macquarie 50th Anniversary Award, and Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Scabies Control. Andrew is Co-Director of the Australian Strep A Vaccine Initiative, Co-Chair of the Strep A Vaccine Global Consortium, and President of the Lancefield International Society for Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases.

Andrew has won several awards including the inaugural Jian Zhou Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2020, and the Bailey K Ashford Medal awarded by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2020.

Top Publications

  • Lake, SJ, Engelman, D, Sokana, O, Nasi, T, Boara, D, Marks, M, Whitfeld, MJ, Romani, L, Kaldor, JM, Steer, AC, et al. Health-related quality of life impact of scabies in the Solomon Islands.. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 116(2) : 148 -156 2022
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  • Mow, M, Thean, LJ, Parnaby, M, Mani, J, Rafai, E, Sahukhan, A, Kama, M, Tuicakau, M, Kado, J, Romani, L, et al. Costs of mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji.. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(2) : e0010147 2022
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  • Beaton, A, Okello, E, Rwebembera, J, Grobler, A, Engelman, D, Alepere, J, Canales, L, Carapetis, J, DeWyer, A, Lwabi, P, et al. Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease.. N Engl J Med 386(3) : 230 -240 2022
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  • Parks, T, Narube, L, Perman, ML, Sakumeni, K, Fong, J, Engelman, D, Colquhoun, S, Steer, A, Kado, J. Population-Based Assessment of Nonfatal Complications of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Fiji: A Record-Linkage Analysis. 2022
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  • Brusco, NK, Oliver, J, McMinn, A, Steer, A, Crawford, N. The cost of care for children hospitalised with Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in Australia.. BMC Health Serv Res 21(1) : 1340 2021
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